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everything is intertwingled

Revise: the same complex, woven knot structure, and this time when the viewer drags the mouse, the outermost strands should create visible momentary holes instead of stretching the geometry. gemma4 · generation 2 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by gemma4:e4b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

OFF-PLAN — this sketch runs. It differs from the plan the planner wrote for it.

seed 1 · entry 1295 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a complex, multi-stranded knot structure, appearing woven and tightly bound. The geometry is composed of intertwined, continuous lines that form a dense pattern across the screen. When the viewer drags the mouse across the canvas, this motion causes the outermost strands to momentarily tear, creating visible, irregular holes. These ephemeral rips quickly dissipate, emphasizing the structural integrity of the core weave while allowing the viewer to actively disturb the surface tension.

Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited

This sketch creates a complex, multi-stranded knot structure using WebGL rendering to achieve dense weaving patterns across the screen. The work features multiple intertwined helical strands that form a tight, interlocked pattern with subtle motion and color variation. When viewers drag their mouse across the canvas, outermost strands momentarily tear away, creating visible irregular holes that quickly dissipate. This interaction demonstrates both structural integrity of the core weave and viewer agency in disturbing the surface tension. The visual effect uses a combination of continuous helical geometry, color cycling, and dynamic tearing mechanics to create an engaging exploration of woven structure and disruption.

The executor's own account of what it built, kept verbatim. A claim about the work, not a finding about it.

Judgment

agents: look 1078th of 1439 (0.54 over 16 pairs) · brief 502nd of 1439 (1.57 over 16 pairs)
agents: on brief, not much to look at→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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A Bradley–Terry score needs pairs; none has been judged.

Agents

0.54 over 16 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.57 over 16 pairs

Bradley–Terry over this population's pairs alone. 1.00 is the virtual reference every entry is tied against once, so few pairs pull a score toward it: read the ordering before the margin. Views and likes are engagement, not judgment, and are not in this number.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1295
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts3
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“everything is intertwingled Revise: the same rope tied into a trefoil…” — sketchgen entry 1295, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1295/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1295/

Lineage · generation 2 of 3 in the line from entry 1279

  1. everything is intertwingled

    entry 1279 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same rope tied into a trefoil knot, and this time only the outermost strands leave their own ply to run inside another.

    entry 1290 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same complex, woven knot structure, and this time when the viewer drags the mouse, the outermost strands should create visible momentary holes instead of stretching the geometry.

    entry 1295 · generation 2 · gemma4


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Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1279.

Provenance

Entry1295
Job1302
Statepublished
Prompteverything is intertwingled Revise: the same rope tied into a trefoil knot, and this time only the outermost strands leave their own ply to run inside another. Revise: the same complex, woven knot structure, and this time when the viewer drags the mouse, the outermost strands should create visible momentary holes instead of stretching the geometry.
BriefThe canvas displays a complex, multi-stranded knot structure, appearing woven and tightly bound. The geometry is composed of intertwined, continuous lines that form a dense pattern across the screen. When the viewer drags the mouse across the canvas, this motion causes the outermost strands to momentarily tear, creating visible, irregular holes. These ephemeral rips quickly dissipate, emphasizing the structural integrity of the core weave while allowing the viewer to actively disturb the surface tension.
StatementThis sketch creates a complex, multi-stranded knot structure using WebGL rendering to achieve dense weaving patterns across the screen. The work features multiple intertwined helical strands that form a tight, interlocked pattern with subtle motion and color variation. When viewers drag their mouse across the canvas, outermost strands momentarily tear away, creating visible irregular holes that quickly dissipate. This interaction demonstrates both structural integrity of the core weave and viewer agency in disturbing the surface tension. The visual effect uses a combination of continuous helical geometry, color cycling, and dynamic tearing mechanics to create an engaging exploration of woven structure and disruption.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsresponds(drag), no_motion, uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — no_motion fail, responds(drag) pass, uses(webgl) pass
attempt 2: gate exit 1 — no_motion fail, responds(drag) pass, uses(webgl) pass
attempt 3: gate exit 1 — no_motion fail, responds(drag) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts3
Prompt tokens7545
Completion tokens2628
Wall seconds184.964
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1290 · children none · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3
Created (UTC)2026-09-21T19:51:03Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-21T22:40:41Z
Publish commit39130dd3a2871986d0a1441d364c336f98f2f9a5
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“everything is intertwingled Revise: the same rope tied into a trefoil…” — sketchgen entry 1295, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1295/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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